Octopus floating in Dr. David Scheel’s living room aquarium in Anchorage, Alaska. (Courtesy of Ernie Kovacs / © Passion Planet)

See new episodes of Nature on CPTV Wednesdays at 8 p.m. beginning October 2, 2019.

Season 38 kicks off with “Octopus: Making Contact.” Follow Alaskan professor Dr. David Scheel as he raises and studies a pet octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality, and skills.

This season, viewers can also travel back in time with a pioneering group of scientists in “The Serengeti Rules”; go undercover with a film crew on a perilous journey to the Amazon rainforest in “Undercover in the Jungle”; and much more.

For more information, including a season preview, visit the Nature website.